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What weight dumbbells should a beginner get?

MarissaPalm
MarissaPalm Posts: 123 Member
edited February 20 in Fitness and Exercise
I am buying my first pair of dumbbells tomorrow since I am unable to go to the gym. I'm not really sure which weight I should start off with since I am a total beginner at exercising. What do you guys think? p.s. I'm not very strong... yet! lol :)

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  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    You are going to need to progressively load more weight to challenge yourself. See here http://cdnutritionandfitness.com/maintenance-training-vs-improvement-training/

    And it obviously depends on what exercises you want to do, how strong you are now.

    I'd also be looking at body weight based exercises. Your muscles don't know if you are moving iron or your body.

    For a woman, I'd probably recommend about 5-7.5kg weights for most upper body exercises to start with. To aboid getting heaps of weights, a resistance band is good also and you can use them together to make it progressively more difficult.
  • LosingItForGood13
    LosingItForGood13 Posts: 182 Member
    I have 3 lbs and 5 lbs for certain exercises I use the 3's and others I use 5's
  • GeorgeL583
    GeorgeL583 Posts: 34 Member
    You can buy adjustable dumbbells. Check out amazon
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